I was enjoying a midnight swim. Then my girlfriend kissed me – and the nightmare began
Paula Cocozza
The Guardian
June 08, 2025
Life and style
Seventeen years ago Nathan Dunne was locked out of his body, or at least that’s how it felt. He talks about his battle with depersonalisation disorder – and his sudden fear of water
UK government looking at social media ‘app caps’ for children, minister suggests
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
The Guardian
June 08, 2025
Society
Peter Kyle, understood to be considering two-hour curfews, says he wants to foster healthy relationships with tech
Trump-Musk feud shows what happens when unregulated money floods politics
Rachel Leingang
theguardian.com
June 08, 2025
Technology
Musk isn’t the first – or last – billionaire to pour big money into US elections
This is how we do it: ‘We live in a tiny flat with our kids, so we have sex in the woods at night’
As told to Kitty Drake
The Guardian
June 08, 2025
Life and style
Their love-life logistics may be tricky, but David and Anook have both been transformed by the intimacy they share
Booming US gambling industry a ‘highway without speed limits’, top regulator warns
Callum Jones
theguardian.com
June 08, 2025
US news
Jordan Maynard tells Guardian the US must consider new rules on betting ads as operators lobby against federal crackdown
The Potato Eaters review – a descent from visceral dread into full-blown terror
Arifa Akbar
theguardian.com
June 08, 2025
Stage
On the site of a hospital for leprosy patients, audience members are invited to wander in near darkness among twitching body bags into a choreographed scene of ritualised tyranny
From beeswax to baby wipes: how to make your leather last a lifetime
Sandra Haurant
theguardian.com
June 08, 2025
The Filter
We asked the experts about the best ways to care for, clean and protect your favourite leather clothing, shoes and accessories
‘The breakup was like an amputation that saves you’: Cate Le Bon on healing from heartache and her heavy new album
Laura Snapes
The Guardian
June 08, 2025
Music
After a long relationship ended painfully, the acclaimed singer-producer swapped the Californian desert for south Wales – and set to work on her most emotionally direct record yet. ‘It’s been discombobulating,’ she says
Fancy some iconic celeriac? New Nordic cuisine, now a blockbuster exhibition
Dan Hancox
theguardian.com
June 08, 2025
Art and design
Twenty years ago, a group of Scandinavian chefs announced a culinary revolution. But as Norway’s National museum celebrates the New Nordic manifesto’s impact on dining and the arts, has the movement betrayed its own ambitious ideals?
‘Billy Bragg makes me cry’: Will Best’s honest playlist
As told to Rich Pelley
The Guardian
June 08, 2025
Music
The Big Brother presenter spent his pocket money on Babylon Zoo and was wowed by the Streets, but which grime banger did he butcher at karaoke?